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Author of "The "The Time XVI. (Cont'd). aan Sal mae alone, this! ] 8 conti 7 affording | s of surprise. This in- earned in a moment, was for whom & Sy td a quarter interes in hing was to rad iu] r pencilled that en- | conceivable to him | is tender babe could have sur final catastrophe when all: were slain? "If this! ng, § eiviliz- | ation, withe Th e circumstance was profoundly Posplesing. e Setails of the end were not! tisf: . Before the party moved on from Yalung Mrs. Sylvester was buried; hardship had unfitted her for that last ordeal i : some weeks of recuperation, a few yaks and sheep were obtained - t in by natives from Heaven knows what remote distances | re recs sor region--and ssed northwestward in ope of reaching another settle-| Ch ment known as Kegudo. . They were now in an uncharted country, well among the 'lower up- lands the Himalayas; too lofty 1iemselves to be called foot-hills, yet dwarfed by the ragged, majestic eaks that swam far above.them in he immeasurable distance; ard here, upon a lonely, barren, windswept. ak of rock, the came upon the gaery of Hao- u. 'or the sorry little band it proved to be a bloody shambles, a hell crowd- ed with shrieking demons. Some ac- counts averred that they rested here two weeks, others a month. At any rate, it is certain that from the out- set they were subjected to all sorts of indignities by the wild tribesmen of the hills, savage Tartar and Mon- | lian brutes speaking an uncouth alect' that only one of the party in any © degree could understand. Lao Wing Fu, it seemed, could converse with them. Then one night it happened. The exhausted little band was set upon | by an overwhelming force. The gal-| lant leader was among the very first to fall. ' Only four names were men- | tioned as being survivors of the slaughter: two of these are now fam- ous and loaded with honors for: later exploits and for knowledge given to the world; the third has pgssed into obscurity. [he fourth was Lao Wi that Lao Wing Silver Blade," "Ths Paternoster Lock," ete. } th 1, 88 ye gine iad opportunities et : ¢ that Time itn whi ho cid ot eg chad a oa a evr ihe police did NOt Ares; he- : to hear ther it will work remains to be seen. 1 And there is some slight advantage in his having he wants e to me: he v something, * Please ifivite him in! Lao Wing Fu en pressio ng confess alted mH of the mn, 1 must 1 was fayo ; ve 3 , pare oy hin ments ; Ii tice--unless it 'we when I was a very y bi his 'sku cl nag, hat I first m Mr, Peter : ny : sand id _-- 2 De I of 8 edge, but at th ou? : esp 3 aR truber has since me Kd Uk é t oh ; 5 means of amb ! : Tr EE el i like thirty Years ago, His blouse was simply ® E idence: IT dark-blue material, the loag, sould, Who ude! L 3 sleeves of which were Jolded | » had acquired only 'enough learn vealing a lining of lighter blue a A i 1 hi Bet Bin 7 The breeches were of dark-grebn fig- Li' "rose ate Ley po 6 Pe: ured satin, gathered close at the yi "4 impipe all the noble histori angles; while his feet were encased in 4 Tie gu , 18 he thick-soled, heell I noleless 218 literary, traditions. of my. the thick-soled, heelless andino country, and then take a course at slippers that are pecul the ither Oxford or one of your own ex- nese, Hing cellent schools. "This last I never got As for his coloring, it-was scarcely 5 do, - % darker than old ivory, and excepting «well, during Mr. Ferriss travels |. for this, and that his ageless counten- 45 5 tea-huyer we were brought. to-| ance wore a look of uncommonintelli- pether through the good offices of a gence, I could not discerh herein: friend of your father's--" Mr. Lao Wing Fu differed scores «Major Hector Sylvester?" 1 could 3 Sumaman te Sieh dave sure ot Seirain, from Interjecting, But 0! as » Lao Wing Fu showed no surprise, : A 8 y then and there. i y A ' "Ah. 1 sg¢ the name is familias Ie | of "Sd Could this have been the man that you," he observed in a modulate had exercised such an extraordinary voice. influence over "all classes" ..of his "Not only the name, but somethin people during that memorable trip up of his tragic fate. You were there, the Yang-tse-kiang river, more than believe." # 4 a score of years ago? I eotld not I was watching the man keenly. believe it. I was disappointed, and His eyes dropped and he sat for some my high expectations began measur- : timg Silent; but his countenance re- ably to sink. | vealed only pensive lines, as if my Be it understood that Miss, Fox, at words called up a sad memory. Pre- my word that he might enter, had at sently he roused himself and once once opened the door and spoken to more met my regard. 2 him, wheretipon he advanced 8b rapid- "Yes, I was there," he admitted in ly that she, instead of passing on out, 2 quiet tone, "And if you will pardon ith her hand upon the kmob me, Mr. Ferris, there are some things ' stood with he: p ; ] waiting until he had entered my pri- so horrible that Sven ny Sried Bhilo- 5 sophy fa le n om: : . a at this juncture there oc- dwelling upon them. That ill-fated, 8l} know in what terms Mr. Asquith, ne a trifling. incident. which. expedition is such a memory." inihis statement on the war the other Top 0g indifferently py 4 " confess that this view-point rom Sax in Parliament; referred to id the ti destined to come back to the man facing me was unexpected John's victorious campaign. = "In wis es yo So Shin hack of apd Jutprising, and I was not a little "April" said the Prime Minister, "a my life; often and often have I specu- a ap 4 Sorry iT seemed care tessly to second division was added to the force, thoughts coud Have been dweing that intrude upon your feelings, or to, nd the command was assumed by AE : {awaken bitter memories," I tried hast; General Sir John Nixon. After a & : "ily fo make ayends; bul fn not dis. | br and. an absolutely w interested: 1 "had + tha D 3 r would-be Willing to. talk: about it= least to tell me the fate of Major Syl General Sir John Nizon overcome them,. and. overcome the Turks into the Bargain." Germany is wing a little less confident about a Berlin-Bagdad thoroughfare, and we The;incident was this: As LagiWing add Fu approached, Lois; - naturally enoughswith our conversation fresh in mind, was -watching him with some k both up the Euphrates and up h substances of vals work must be done wi Careless faces until free from cobwebs and "from an uncontaminated source, or a { Which {cattle 'or hogs and covered with fresh- e, h th the utmost 5 for ht | serves to give a false sense of | In the disinfection of 'stables and premises the . following. directions should be carefully observed: - First--Sweep ceilings, side walls,| stall partitions, floors and other sur-| Becond---Remove all decumulations by Taming, and if Foodwark de porous or absorbs stured. should be removed, burned and fields is not laced with new material, | damage is done by If the floor is of earth re- the plants, especigl move four inches from the surface and 'weather: Fields ¢ ste 3 in places where it shows staining with more may be pastured lightly urine a sufficient depth should be re- fall, but should never be eaten: placed to expose fresh earth. All earth goo. Gn ; ved should be replaced with earth If the growth of alfalfa is not ery ; strong the field may be any time during the fall, just after the third cutting has new floor of "concrete may be laid, hi is very durable and easily] cleaned. | Fourth--All refuse and material im: stable and barnyard should be oved to a place not accessible to Wet Weather when the Sogn 2s Nk ly slaked lime." Tf this manure is] - Clean Water Essential. . spread on fields it should be turned An important factor in dairy feed under immediately, while the wood ing is the supply. of wa r. In the = should be: burned. | summer, with plenty. of grass 'and - Fifth-~The entire interior of the green forage, and in the winter with = stable, especially the feeding troughs roots and silage, the consumption i and drains, should be saturated with water is relatively less a disinfectant, as a three per cent.' the cows are on dry solution of would be: four ounces of the com- pound to every gallon. of water. The best method of applying the disinfectant is by Heats of a strong Spray pump, such'asg those uséd b orchardists, y . Bhis method is efficient in disinfec- tion against most of 'the contagious PERRET TORY TRH MYSTERY OF HEREDITY, : Startling New Theory 'Shows Unex- eed ut om compound of cresol, which must always have plenty of pure, iiss fresh water if they are » 'pure milk. Unless the yards~are wa 'by kept clean and not sub= ject to surface dra and free from foreign matter a kind. ea i blué rays and violet the same White light, are by the spectroscope." Ye 4 Syl ba ; A the very next curiosity. Just at the instant of pass- | Ye Anfant Jan on on rian" [oh Tigris. In July their final posi- pected Results. sight of poring | "8thers and diaries, | a=ath a "call? What | e went forth to summon | 3 ill, I have come to observe t fe is perpetually preparing | st such little shocks of surprise for 8 Nothing could have been more re- Hote from my ind Shan that he should on me at all, for any reas- pa Tr it should have been this particular day of days struck me at the time as being little short of mar- Mr. _vellous Yet, after all, why should it have been iparvellous, or even strange? The pebble had been thrown into the pond away back yonder, years ago, in ina; the ripple had grown into. a stupendous wave; we were all caught | the same undertow, struggling in | e same tiderip; so it must have been | inevitable at the beginning--before I was born--that hé and I should be brought together some day. His east- em m, no doubt, would have | accounted for the meeting in some ion, one might have suspected that he' ¥ iarized "daily movements. "when Stub brought himself with my I was in no hurry me the card--a' such fash He arrived at my office so soon | after y return from luncheon that had famil dail * perfectly proper®and elegantly em- Pa 5 : of pastebo 3 bit of pa ard. I was pro-, dly curious to see the man who had played so conspicuous a part in a grim ragedy whose stage had been the oldest and yet, perhays, the least known portion of the inhabited globe; ' still, even before the door opened, be- | ~ fore I had an Spportanit to glimpse | him a 3 naceony e repulsion aes, Movement by St jog- d an idea: my brain. "Ask him to wait a minute or two," I said. "Tell Miss Fox to come here." | She responded promptly, : closing detain you only ase nd," 1 "Have you noticed the who is waiting to see me?" > she returned wonder- looking chap is he? he show any thing differ- deeper in, one of the a well-to-do |e ing he bent upon her a most peculiar searching look. = Loig's baéick was to- ward me; but I could see that she started, and with her free hand swept away some stray lock of hair that must have been ,inopportunely teasing her eyes, My caller, on the other hand, was facing me; and I wish I could find words to describe--_how shall say it?--the intense vitality of the look. It was soul-probing, magnetic, hyp- notic; as if unsuspected inner fires had for the time being spurned con- trol and betrayed themselves at the windows of their tabernacle. i It all happened in a flash; next in- stant he was salaaming to her with grave Chinese courtesy. He came on into the room; and Lois, as she slowly closed the door on departing, stared strangely at him across her shoulder. My attention now, however, was all engaged by my caller. The brown | eyes were merely friendly as they | regarded me. For the moment his' face was no impassive Oriental mask, | but smiling and animated, ds he be- an, in excellent idiomatic Fish, an apology for' his intrusion. = His manner was so respectful, his whole | attitude so self-possessed and easy and. confident, that I could meet him upon no less a level. I invited him to sit down, : bitterest memory of all. What could ou expect would be the fate of a abe in arms---in the circumstances?" "I think I understand," I said, re- at all. "I shall not interrupt again." But the Chinaman himself did not allow the subject to drop. "No--pardon me--you don't uns derstand. As a testimony that I poss sessed Major Sylvester's friendship and esteem also--that was my hig! honor, Mr. Ferris"--he made a grave' obeisance--*I will telFyou this: When! ¥ that brave man realized that death" would be our portion, that I was the only one that had the least influence with the beasts that beset us, he en- trusted his child to my keeping. I lost her. . Now, perhaps you understand." This speech was uttered with such impressive simplicity that I sat quiet for some time, respecting his silence, (To be continued.) iri LCL HANDLING THE BANANA CROP. How the Planters Rush the Product Eas to Market. The value of the yield per acre of bananas in the Ceilba district, Hondu- ras; is less than that of wheat, but, unlike wheat, the banana cannot be gretful that I had mentioned the topic. ht thre in the whole course of the ¢ tions' on both rivers were captured, with heavy casualties, and General Nixon's force is now within a measur- able distance of Bagdad. 1 do not there has been a series of opera- ms. more carefully contrived, more illiantly conducted, and with a bet- £ prospect of final success." Lis Pe re ..) STARVATION IN POLAND. " Memorial Urging Better Industrial a Conditions. Y leading that 3,000,000 persons de- ndent on the industries of Poland 'gre starving, the Workmen's Union of "POland has sent to the Governor Gen- (eral, Herr vpn.Beseler, a memorial ukging the re-opening of the factories, | the adoption of a protective tariff and 'the return of machines, mechanical fit- gs, and especially belts and gears, which were taken out of factories and | workshops during the early days of 'German occupation, The . memorial states that "the working population of Poland includes ,000 workmen in factories, 60,000 n the building trades and 590,000 in | industries." Including the fam- s of these workmen, this industrial ion reaches a total of 8,000,000 "Thank you," he returned, accept- Stored. It must be marketed when it ing the chair and deftly v3 his is ready for marketing, as the demand | long braided queue across his shoulder in the north fluctuates with the ex- so that it lay over his knees. Even tent of the fruit crop. 3 Eo nt this slight act, so foreign to American | ways, was so unobtrusively done as not to attract attention to itself. My visitor pursued without a break: "No doubt I are wondering, Mr. Ferris, why I have tresp: "upon your time this afternoon; indeed, the object of my call is of such a deli- cate nature that I would hésitate to broach it were Let. confident of win- ning your sym 2. i | He paused; but I waited, grafoundly ! He eyed me briefly, and added: J SE 4 £5 "Perhaps you already know that, years ago, in China, I was quite well acquainted with your late father?" There was ji cient, rising in- fection to - en to. follow ore The banana planter does 'not go into his fields and pluck his bananas as he thinks they have properly ma- tured, but receives telegraphic orders |' from the railway or steamship com-| pany to cut bananas on a certain day not more than thirty-six hours in advance of the scheduled departure of the ship. Cars are placed on his sidetrack; usually: directly in 'the plantation. ¢ The planter goes over his fields and cuts all fruit ready for shipping, neither too ripe nor too green, back or ox-carts and inspected, At the close of the day the up by the to the co: it E A hauled to the waiting cars on mule. | cries, sawmills, bri persons, with a normal income of about $150,000,000 a year. {A certain proportion of this popu- jon, it is stated, has been sent to Scientific studies of 'heredity are showing some 'very interesting and unexpected results. We know that the typical character of a man under- 5 ssified Tist EY intr Gee, et vs i ch wi he likely to "teke after" his father. But, 8e8 Of thelr reshective fathers at we notice; often with surprise, that [Je of thelr birth. fer exam capacities that were dominant in aia tH 3 a te, ad gn! father, which gave him sometimes an » ans Torn wh tat great reputation, frequently are ™ Were al\ oor on: fathers tirely lacking in his son. were at the f less than 31, | "Literary. distinction, genius in any | particular direction, which ponind age of militarism and aggressive ness. Ts guished a certain father are quite At the age of 31 to 40, the artistic guished absent in the cage of 1 his 80; their fathers presented. to the son... In wondering at this we fail World such geniuses as Bach, Beeth- to take note. of the period in the Ven Goethe, Shakespeare, Raphel father's life when he "made hig, Carlyle and others of their status. In mark." After patient investigation | the list of statesmen these were hx science has come to'the gonclusion | When their fathers were aged that the son inherits from his father 41 to 50: Bismarck, Cato, Cromwell; only. the qualities that were dominant Machiavelli, Webster. Great namesin at the time of his birth. philosophy Soy when their fathers These conclusions are set forth in ' Were over bl are: Aristotle, Baco the book called "Dynamic, Evolution," Buddha, Confucius, Franklin, Moses by Caspar L. Redfield, recently 'pub. 80d Solomon. REE ed lished. The author writes: ; | "As a general proposition the between 20 and 80 is aggressive, am- 'bitious and conceited. He would rule the world with .a club. This stage radually merges into another, so that as a general proposition the man between. 80 and 40 is in the artistic of life, He is a lover of poetry, painting and sculpture. § he artistic stage gradually practical y ao > "While men born in one of divisions," 'writes the author, show the type of character rep: ed in the next adjacent division; Y, an : ; aid from former employers-- 'where the latter are still able to help, © S¥But there is still a I peop] ho are actually | says the memorial, "and 'the sake of these persons it is advisable to put a some of the factories into lige great-mass of joy, ; ; " So SLE ge Te especially the sugar, vine- mon yeast. op ills, brews) : into. the tical stage, be generally defined as be- | 31 years of a etn war nn hose I As he! ; also old lly The